From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.Tremendous progress according to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,though he says he and his GOP counterpart in the Senate aren't there yet.The comments on the Senate floor, coming as Democratic and Republican senators working on a fiscal dealwould extend the US borrowing authority and reopen the government.NPR's Ailsa Chang has more.Neither leader is commenting specifically on the deal just yet.It's still taking shape and the details seem to be changing.There seems to be multiple proposals,but the talk still seems to be focusing on at least reopening the government through either the end of this year or into early next year,and raising the debt ceiling into the early part of 2014.NPR's Ailsa Chang, Senate leaders are set to meet again tomorrow.Meeting at the White House earlier today was postponed amid signs of progress between the respective sides.Tomorrow six world powers meet with Iran in Geneva for talks on verifying that country's nuclear intentions.As NPR's Emily Harry explains from Jerusalem,some Israelis say a diplomatic solution is possible to keep Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.Israel's Minister of Intelligence Yuval Steinitz said thatif Iran faced a real choice between improving its economy and continuing its nuclear program.It's possible Iranian leaders would stop enriching uranium and close nuclear facilities."We want the Geneva talks to succeed,and we don't close the door for diplomatic solution."Israel is trying to convince world powers to keep sanctions in place
